Posted in Graduate Experience on Mar 19th, 2009
Starting on the Graduate Program in your first job after college, you will sometimes encounter a feeling of helplessness about the level of influence you can have on the working environment.
That may not be a problem for some, but soon enough your colleagues will begin to form their views about you. Regardless of how informed these views may be, your colleagues will share them with others, thus creating a profile on your behalf and perpetuating these perceptions about you.
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Posted in Graduate Experience on Mar 6th, 2009
Relationships are everything in business. Fortunately for you, Graduate Programs provide a great way to establish relationships across the entire organisation, starting with your fellow graduates to managers who are guest speakers/participants in the program’s activities. Despite having little influence, graduate positions are generally high profile.
One relationship is more important than all of the others. Aside from your good self, there is nobody more important to your development, progression and general job satisfaction in your organisation than your manager.
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